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PARLIAMOT. ----- HOUSE OF LORDSj,ZAprtiL 19. . The Duke of ATIIOLL presented petitions from various parishes in Aberdeenshije, and one frotu Sutherland, against any alteration in the banking system. of Scoaantl. Petitions, praying for the abolition of slavery, were pres4nted tey the Marquis of Iluntley, from Elgin' and from different pa rishes in Aberdeen; by, Earl Beauchamp, from Worcester ;•. and by Lord Bexley, from a place in Dent. the %notion for laying the lust.petition on the table, rl GROSVENOR said a few words in condemnation of -the conduct of the colonial administration, and in vindication 44 the abolitionists. An account, of the number of Bank-notes issued in Ireland since 1700, distirignishing those under 51., was presented at the bar. Adjourned. .~: ,~. HOUSE OF COMMONS. MISCELLANEOUS. Mr. Alderman Wt MOD brought up the Report of the Committee en the New London Bridge Bill, which was ordered to be re-com natted on Friths. next. Mr. C. PELIIAM moved several Resolutions, relative to hold ing Parliaments in other capital towns in England as well as London. The Ile*rolutions were withdrawn, in consequence of there not being any Member to sewed them. Mr. ROWLETT presented two petitions against Negro Sla very, from StokislY anti another place..--Ordered to be printed. Similar petitions were presented from Ravenswortb, from Cleve knit and from Leicester.—Ordered to be printed. COMMITTEES ON PRIVATE BILLS. Mr. LITTLETON rose, pursuant to notice, to bring forward his promised measure relative to Committees on Private The flop. Member then went into a detail of the inconveniences resulting from the present constitution of these Committees. Among the nttmemuA plans which were proposed to remedy the grievances complained of, one less constitutional than moat others, although at the same time likely . to produce advantage, was to the end that, * II Y Bill which was likely to betouteated in the Committee should be referred to a Committee of Inquiry. There could he no doubt but that some alteration was necessary; and when it was so easy L.l obtain some security against the admixture of personal has rests by equalizing the number of persons in the lists, so as to have a certain number only from the vicinity of the county where the Bill originated, he was sure the Houae would feel the necessity of such arrangement. He moved, as one of a series tif Resolutions, " That as it was the opinion of the House that the'preeent constitution of Parliamentary Committees on Private Rills had, from time great inequality of the Membere in the list, riot been found to insure the sasses of the purpose for which they were constituted, a Select Committee should be formed by ballot of the Howse." Mr. COLBORNE supported the Resolution. Mr. W. PEEL spoke in favour oflheßesolution, to which he gave his most cordial concurrence. . . Mir. 'WHITBREAD supported the Resolution. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it would he a very great misfortune if the Mouse did not do something in this matter bet Ore the Session should terminate. It would be a great error to leave things as they at'present stood. Mr. CALCRAFT differed from the Right Honourable Gen tleman opposite in the expediency of the Resolutions before the House. It was; faet'lltititinating the misconduct of Parlia ments not yet in existence. Hu did nut see that it followed, be. cause the present Parliament had fallen into error, that all tante Parliaments must nevessarily do sirs. This equalization of the list of Members from the different counties did not appear to him to lee so complete snit effectual a imeeific'for the evil complained of as the Hon. Gentletnan eeetned , to imagine. After'all, the lista were composed of the same peranna, after the same plan as the ; present, and nearly under the same.circumstances. He did not by any means conceive that this plan, Whiet Was' Merely a novel arrangement of the same individuals, would tend to correct:the practice of ibeat, which had been the subject,of-complaint He adrOttql, however, the necessity of some improvement in this thtpartment. There had been very few complaints this year on the subject. Ammigat others he had made one, and he was glad to iind that the House had set it right. The injustice about to be perpetrated was mopped, and he was proud to rank himself With other Hon. Members wholtart stepped forward to assert the right of an injured and interissilitgatr... • laugh.) Sir W. W. WYNN and Lerd A THORPE supported the JAPsolutions. ". Sir M. W. RIDLEY westsrfeetly of opinion with the Hon. Member for Wareham, that though there bad been causes of corn plaint, they bad ail been rernetlied by appeals to the Boum —He should vote that an experiment of these Resolutions he made for ooc year, and -if 'tin* auswered the purpose,* they might then he c?ntinued for u longer poinfl.: . . Mr. 5. WORTLEY supported the Resolutions, as he felt con vinced that so far from.being, useksta, they would act us , a 'check upon Committms, even if no after-measures were founded on them: • Mr. LITTLI;ITOS wll, Astonished. that,the Hon.:Member for Wareham knew nothing of the proceedings of the .oommittee, tchieh had formed his ,ground of-tomplaint ; Ittihad merely , heard, 341 v,r.parte statement, and had then come down and coMplained, of circumstances with which)* was not personally acquaint:A, Mr. CALCII AFT explained; 1i bad poly ancusiidihe Com= rettteo of deviating. thellue or route•of a Coma Irons the:. original withont esltitc,r the coxaept of the °pluming parties.. The 'Gallery was then cleated for 4 division . , but ,bn out re.,en.; tiring we fitted no division bud taken place. The Resolutions ware then rend. BANKES, ten. opposed one of the Resolutions, which ethpowereel the shutting the doors of the House, and ehoosing by tit4iOt COMUlittta • from the Members present without their , pe7Toission. , !' Mr. S. wqßtr,ty agreed as to the trial of the system for Ott: year. . • Lord MILTON made, a, few observations in opposition to the P.,l4olotions, Mr. GALCRAFT Opposed''she Resolution alluded to by the •Hoo. Member fur Cerra Castle, - and ~would take the sense of the How!. upon it. er sor. ACLAND spoke in favour of the Resolutions. Lord ARCIIIRAID HAMILTON could not think the flouts vickoW appoint`ituvit R Cosnutittee, and if it even consentsd to do so, it would never, by any regulations, render that Committee ef operativ., -Mr. STUART WORTLEY said, the Noble Lord lalxnued uder a mistake ; the Committee was not to be appointed to en 4eire into the private conduct of Member», but merely whether tlha'division of the other Committee was consonant With justice. W. RIDLEY thought that to give effect to this Com mitte,Ahey must have en Act of:Parliament to enable them to do a 3. This could not pass into a law without the consent of the other ft-Ante, "Whieh would virtually refer 'the management of that ruse, with : respect to its interior machinery, to another branch of the Vire. The flouv then divided— . &AV Resolution- Againet it Majority - 'The Resolution was carried. On entering the Gallery, we found the House discussing the nest Resolution es to the employment of Counsel or Professional Awte to open the case to the Committee. Mr. 11A NtOtS Inoved that only one Counsel or Agent should laa beard on each aide.' Mr. HUME said he should prefer a nominee from' amongst the Members themselves to.employing Counsel at-all. • Mr. LITTLETON observed, there might be a number of per sons interested, each of whom would like to be represented. Mr. STUART WORTLEY said, this objection.would be ob. visted by admitting only one Agent for each party interested. :7U amendment, so qualified, was adopted as embodies' with - tin. co-v ital reeolution. ifik STUART WORTLEY,gave notice, that he should to tnorreiw move for leave to bring in a Bill for regulating the mode of the Poll at Elections for the County of York. TRADE REGULATIONS. • --12 HUM it was his iateatiati JO have mor4id, pursuant to his notice.; this evening, certain resolutions concerning the existing regulation* touching the.► trade of thi* country. lie bad been led more. particularly to the subject from perusing the Pot tery Reg-11.146ns Bill, which bad been brought forward in that House. In consequence, however, of a conversation . he-had bad, with the Preaident of the Board of Trade, who did not think it sitriaable at present to agitate 'the question in the existing state of commercial difficulty, he should therefore postpone his notice of a motion witkiut naming a future fixed day. Mr. SPRING ItICE obtained leave to bring in a Bill to eon saiwate certain Statutes of Parlittimmt for Lighting, Watching, and Paving certain Corporate Towns in Ireland. .74r. , J. P. 011 ANT. moved fur leave us bring in Bill for intending an Act of William die Third, to prevent and remedy wr"gotie imprisonment in Scotland. The.LORD ADVOCATE was aware of the importance of the interfereiki of the Legislature, in remedying abuses of law, "task had Not , Seeri erratimplated by the Legislature when the MELANC/lOLY DEATIL—A very distressing OC• currence happened last night in the house of Mr. MARTIN JOYCE, Bloomsbtry4square. A young girl (a nursery maid) had been unwell for sortie days, and had tak en m idi c i na l d r a ug h ts, w h en , t h roug h mistake, she , swalloWed a bottle of oxalic acid, which had been incAutionsly left in , the kitchen by the groom. believing it to be a draught She was ordered to take. The dread ful mistake W 4 soon discovered, and every means that surgical skill COuld-suggeit was used,. by order of Mr. Joyce, but unhappily. without effect ; the poison had too rapidly sprearfit s baneful effects- through the girl's constitution, and she (BM in leis than an hour, having endured ArcadfOl suffering. subject was before them. He should content himself Or the present with saying, he should not oppose the present Motion, but he would not pledge himself to concur in the whole of the alterations which the Hon. and Learned Member might feel in clined to propose.--Leave was given to bring in the Bill.. SEAMEN'S WAGES. Lord EBRINGTON obtained leave to bring in a Bill to facili tate the recovery of Seamen's Wages, and amend the 9th of Anne on this subject. IRISH OUTRAGES. , .Mr. T. ELLIS moved for leave to bring in a Bill to prevent the malicious destruction of dwelling houses ►n Ireland. . Mr. HUME wished to know whether the laws of England were not sufficient „to prevei4 such atrocities being committed, and whether these ,laws were not applicable to Ireland ? Mr. ELLIS observed, that there was a strange inconsistency in the law of Ireland on: this subject. It was doubtless a felony to steal or take from any house in Ireland to the amount of 55., but if the party, as was . the case with the levellers in some parts of Ireland, destroyed the whole dwelling-house, and swept it and every thing in it away, the offence was no more than a misdemea nour.--(Loud laughter.) After a few aemarks by Mr. V. FITZGERALD and Mr. Cult vEs, leave was given. ,DII 4 RISONMENT FOB DEBT. Mr. RITAIE made some observations on the evils arising from imprisonment for debt; and, in order to show the extent of those evils, begged leave to move for a Return of the number of Pri soners for Debt in the King's Bench, Fleet, Marshalsea, and all other prisons in England and Wales, classed according to the periods during which they had been confined, and distinguish ing those who had petitioned the Insolvent Debtors' Court for their discharge, and also those who Were chaiged with contempt of Court ; also for similar Returns for Ireland. and Scotland.— Agreed to. PRIVY cOrscm. Mr. HUME, after eommentin,; 'at some length upon the de lays ill the administration of lustier, •.by •the Privy Council, as a Court of Colonial Appeal, and upon the irregularity of its pro. eeedings, movettfor a return of ell Colonial or, East India Ap peals to the Privy Council singe the year IRK 'distinguishing those which had been dispOsed.of„and, for various other returns upon the same subject. After a few words from Mr. W. Houlmi and Mr. GOULBUILN, suggesting a difficulty in making some' of the returns, the motions were severally agreed to. • : • NATTONAL GALLERY. Mr. HERRIES presented a copy of the Treasury Minute au thorising the purchase of three pictures for the National Gallery. On the question that it do lie on the table, Sir C. LONG begged to say a few words in consequence of cer tain anonymous attacks' which had been made upon him. These attacks he had no doubt. proceeded from persons who, having in vited him to look at pictures in their possession, had been disap pointed on hearing his opinion. The three pictures for the Gal lery had been purchased in consequence of the favourable opinion of Lord Aberdeen, Sir T.. Lawrence, and Sir G. Beaumont, than whom three more competent judges did not exist. He hoped that purchases would be made slowly, and that none but pictures, of distinguished merit would be admitted. Mr. BANKES spoke in high commendation of the three.pic tUres, particularly that by Titian. The opportunities of acquiring fine specimens were very rare. .He disapproved of purchasing col lections, as every collection holed yet seen contained some works of inferior merit. Mr. IL COLBORNE spoke to the same Act. lle antici patql that in a few years we should possess a magnificent collet• tion of art, pot only in paintings hut in statuary.—Laid on the table. The Manor Courts Ireland Bill, the Civil Bill Process (Ireland) Bill, the Innkeepers 13111, the Skins Duties Bill, the AsSowed Taxes 'Composition - Bill, and the President of the, Board of Trade Bill, were severally read a third time, and passed. The other Orders of the : Day having been disposed of, the House then adjourned at Et iii O'CLOCK. LIST OF Till;; MINORITY Of 01, who, on the 111th instant, voted for Mr. 'Whitmore's Motion, " That the !loose do now resolve itself into a Com 'time° of the whole House, to consider of the present State of the Corn Laws." • , • Allen, J.'A. ' Grosvenor, Hon. R. Robarts, Corona 'aright, Henry Grattan, Rumbold, C. X. • lienunch, Lord W. Hume, Joseph Ramsbottont, .John Ilernal, R. l!obhouse, J. C. Ramsden, J. C. '• Burdett, Sir F. Hodgson, F. Robinson,. Sir Geo. !!roughttm, Henry Imes, J. Rice, T.'S. Birch, J. James, W. Sykes, 1). Barrett, S. M. liekewich, S. T. Stanley, Lard Buxton, T. F. Labouchete, IL ,Searlett, J. Butterworth,,j. I, 4 oier, Taylor, AI, A. CroMpton; S. LeYeester, Ralph 'Thompson, .. , 11d. Calthorpe, llon. A. Leader . ; W. • " Tierney, R:.11 . 1..G. Calthorpe, Hon. F. Langston, J. 11. Tulk; Crudoek.; S. 1,1 o; .1, .1. J. p 0 Wall, , C. A. ,Calvert, C. 1111..sfiela. J: 'Wortley, J. S. Creevey, Thos. Viscount- Wyvill, M. Colborne, N. R. M onck, Wilson, Sir R. 'Corbett, Panton Mildmay,•P. St. J. Whitbread, S. C. tlainuldd, Hon. U. J. Wood, Aldernu,u Davies, Colonel Alatnrly, W. L. W igram, IV. Dundas,, Hon. T. .• Mar in, .1. orre, .1, A. Denman, T. M ?ore, Peter Wilson, T. Dowdeswell, J. Out. W. Ellice, E. Palmer, General Whitmore, W. W. Evanl, Wm. Palmer, C. F. Phillips, G. -Fergttsson, Sir R. Phillips, G. jun. • • (Irenfell, P. Pares, Thos. PAIRED OfF. Gaseoyne, Gen. Ridley, Sir M. W. Fox, G. Lane Unlatch, Ben. . Robarts, A. W. • Gurney, Hudson PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. (.;(),11;111)NS.—(TI•IIS . Nwric4..4 nOTIONS. I. Mr. Se,'rroary 11e,..,-ktration of Aliens. 2. Mr. William Smith--Alotion reg4rding the Slave tion the• Colonies of nonerarit and lierbice. 3. Mr.. Arbuthnot—Bill to transfer power* of Westminster Ini•provement...et to 'Commissioners of Land Revenue.. 4. All., Martin (of (;u.lw,.y)--Itill to prevent the cruel and int. proper treatment of 1)c.f4 . : • S. r. stit,itt %Vol tie) , —lli it to regulate the taking the I'oll at Gion+y Eloetions for Yorkshire. • (. litilio.----Aceottut of Monies expended. in Repairs On ‘VesL.aii,,•,.er Abbey, and other Papers. - • 011.IYE 113 OF Trill I)4y. • 1. Eleetion I,awsilrelitntl) A mend 'tient Bill—Second. reading. 2. Spring ( ;no-, Bill —Second reading. . 3. Episcopal Unions (Ireland) Bill—Committee, 4. bast,lndia Writers Bill—Committee. • .. ii. Prison i 4'IWS( 1 reland ) Bil I—Further consideration of Report. 6, fropnitnding• (Irelaml) 13111—t :on;n►ittett. 7. Clo.tonts Convenon Bill-L-FUrtheteensideration of Report. 11. Ene.q•c Laws Atn.mhtr. Bill—Committee. t). Clerkship Enrolments Bill-Report. 9, Nrillult ion of Ireland Bill-41ommittee. 1. en with Elospital Rsitve Bill .. , Second reading. 2. Tro,tecs (Ireland) Bill-- Second reading. 3. Vt'ays arid Minns—Report. . • ~... t. Stage GI:1511es Bili —Report.. 5. I.ocal Jurisdictions (Irekuiti) reading. 6. Dcbtot and Creditor Arrangement Bill—Further considera tion of Report. • 7, Quarter.tnastera Bill— Report. So9; , lr—Purther consider:46on of Resolutions (postponed 2.3 - J Al arch. ) 9. Disenihcilicil IFilida Hill—Rcport, • ii. EXchequer Hills (Public Works) Bill—Third reading. 21. 1 Inlylicad 'toad A enc.—Committee thereupon. 22. Exchequer hills 01,003,0000 !UN—Third reatliw e r. Prttv,vrr. Bt t. r.s.- . --(Srrmtd Rending:. fur - 7'his Day.) 1. Pdpitattt (Swatex) Inclosurc. 2. Bartliolonicw.lane L-i -rovurnent. ; . coßomas,!::i Petition is now before the House of Commons, : praying for an increase in the fees of these Officers. It - may, perhaps, therefore , prove interesting to make a little inquiry into their duties and the emolunients at pre sent derived from the Office. ~„ The office is indeed one of the most ancient re cognized by the Common Law, and the name is de rived a corona, " because he is an Officer Of the . Crown, and bath conusance of some pleas which are called Placita Corona'," or Pleas of the Crown. Ac cordingly, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench is held to be the chief Coroner of the .Kingdom, and may, if he please, exercise its functions in any part of the realm. Independently of this high. Officer, how ever, every county has distinct coroners of its own, al though the number variesaccording to the extent of the county ; but, for the most part, they are four or six. These County Coroners are elected by the freeholders, in the County Court of the Sheriff, the manner of con ducting which election is regulated by the act 58 Geo. 111. c. 95. To authorise the Sheriff to proceed to this election, a writ issues out of the Court of Chan- , eery, called a writ de coronatore eligendo. Almost any person is now deemed qualified to undertake this office, • was , more regarded, and .but in ancient times its dignit y was man has been removed from the office because he was a common merchant, a statute of EdWard 111. requir ing that none but lawful and discreet knights should be chosen. Once elected, the coroner holds his office for life, except indeed that the crown, for cause as signed, may issue a new writ, de coronatore eligendo, setting forth that cause, and in this manner remove a coroner from his office. The duties of a coroner are various, but they are diitinctly set forth in a very ancient Act of Parliament, entitled De officio coro natoris. By this Act, besides the common business of inquiring into the cause of the death of persons found dead (a duty which he is bound to perform under a penalty of 100 shillings to the King—see 3 Henry VII. c: 1,. is to. make inquisition of the lands and &Kids of murderem, of. treasure trove, of appeals of rape, and of wounds and maims, of wreck of the sea, and of suspected 'persons.-- - It appears too that all inquiries concerning the death of a man Must be made super visum corporis, upon view of the body ; for if .the body be not found, the coroner can do nothing. This doctrine was fully con firmed by the court of. King's Bench in the 'case of the King against Ferrand, Mich, Term, 60 Geo, 3, and where it is laid down, that if the body should hap. pen to be buried, the coroner may direct it to be disin terred within fourteen days from the. day of burial. The next requisite in these inquests is, that they be taken at the place where the , death happened, that to say, within, the parish, for it is hardly to be .expccted they could be held on, the very Rot where the, body, was found. Inquisitions thus taken must be engrossed on parchment, and signed and' sealed by the coroner, and the jurors who found the verdict, and then re -• turned to the King's Bench, or the A ssizes. If any be found guilty on these- inqUests,' the-Coroner is to issue his warrant for their apprehension and committal to prison, for trial, but there his authority is at an end, fot the Law then consigns the guilty parties to the cnstody. of its more regidar officers, and deals with them as with prisoners committed by a justice of peice, except that it dispenses with' the finding of a bill of indictment by the grand 'jury, but sendi them to trial on the verdict of the coroners inquest alone. In the exercise of these functions, it must be at once perceived, that a coroner has necessarily many miles to travel,, and that his duty cannot, therefore, be dis charged but at a considerable cost to himself. Never theless this Officer, in former, days, like Sheriffs of the present time, WA! not only not, remunerated for his ser vices, but expressly prohibited by statute from taking or accepting any fee whatever, under pain "of great for feiture :to the King." The act 3H.7,c. 1, s. 4, however, allowed him a- fee of 13s. 4d. for every in quisition taken upon view of a body slain; and which was to be paid out .of the goods of the murderer, or, in default thereof, "out of any amerceinent as :shall for tune any township to be amerced, for the escape of the murderer." ..Payments depending. upon such precarious funds, could not at any time be very secure ; but, ne.. vertheless, this remained the law of the land until the 25 Geo. 2, when the same' fee was confirmed to the coroner, with the addition of 20 shillings for every ,1 inquisition, except those 'taken in gaols, and niti6-' pence per mile for travelling expences, the same to be paid out of the county rates. For inquisitions taken in gaols, the 'fee to be paid is in the ' discretion 'of the Justices, and it seems by the case of the King v. the Justices of Kent, Easter 'Term, 49 Geo. 8, that the allowance is by no means compul sory. The nine-pence per mile also is held: only to comprehend the journey to the place of taki ng t h e inquest, and so it was 'decided in the case of the King v. the Justices of 'Oxfordshire, 'Mich. T erm , 59 - Geo. 3rd. This last however''' con sonant, to the words of. the Act ' en which 'it was made, is scarcely reponoileahle, to :common justice, for it should, ,seem that the same principle which allowed a sum of money to defray the expellees of the Coroner on his road to discharge his duty, would most imperiously demand a like sum for his return. In this rep; ect the law would indeed admit of amendment, and calls forcibly for the interference of the Legislature. In local jurisdictions or places not contributing to the county rate, the Coroner for that district is not enti tled 'to any remuneration, under the Act of Geo. 11., end thu s th e coroners o f t h e verge , o f t h e a d m i ralty, of :the cou n ty pa l at i ne, of- Durham, of the City of London, &c. (see Chitty's Blackstone, 1 vol. 347), are excluded; a doctrine fully - supported by , the eas e - o f the King again s t t h e J ust i ces of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Michaelmas Term, 97 Geo. 111. This is but an abstract of the law regarding coroners, but may, notwithstanding,' serve to spew the grounds on which may claim o f t h e coroners to an, increased a ll ow ance be presuined to rest. For ourselves, we offer no opinion. further than this short remark, that the produce of the county rate is already very heavily en cumbered, and an Act is even now before Parliament, imposing upon it the additional burden of.the costs of all criminal prosecutions.' M AS MC NOTICES FOR NEXT WEEK. VNGLAND. . • Monday, _ Aptil24, LoNnow. Nos. 4, 14, 46, 74 305, 407, 458- CourcraT. ,- .Nos. 97, 227, 246, 320, 360, 437, 490, 524, 546, • 552, 558, 48, 597, 648, 707, 710,731. - 25, 140 xno r Nos. 33, 06, 235, 316, 349. COON Tit Y Nos. 38, 60, 87, 130, 145, 285, 340, 427, 477, 592, 640. 649, 668. WeJoesduy, - - 26, lioN DoN • No. 2. GRAND FEST!. VAT..--( See Advertise ment. U x TRY. Nos. 54, 84,112,121, 164, 164, 215, 314, 414, 440, 442.47 2 2, 478, 537, 543, 548, 549, 563. - 27, LoNnorr. Nos. 7, 39, 82,' 92, 142, 156,216,327,481. Lodge of Benevolence. Gen. Corn. Fem. Sch. ut 11. Co n H TRY. Nos. 45, 57, 110,115,153, 176, 178, 248, 269, 384, 453, 461. 586, 545, 556, (157, 670, ;17. -28, LONDON. No: 239. „Co NTR Y. Nos: 53, 236, 283, 553. 29, LONDON. • • • CO UNTR Y. Nov. 358.412, 492. Tuesday, Thursany, Friday, Saturday, DA% AT ONE O ' CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Billslooo/. 2d.... 9 10 pm. Ditto 5091. 9 10 pm. Ditto Small 2d 9 10 pm. Dim - . Advertised Rank for Acct. India for Acct. Qmoi.: for Acct. '4%410 UNDS AT ONE CLOCK. Neapolitan, 11124 Peruvian Bonds 23 29 Pothiguege Ponds 721 Pruhsiall i 3 per cent. Ditto New usaian. New, 5 p.c. Spanith 1821, h p. c it 7* 11123 4l 6 French Itentes, 5 p. c. MX 25c. Exchange ...'23f. 61.1 c. -- 3 p. C. E change -f.--c. PRICES OF STOCK'S THI Italic Stock 2OO 202 3 per Cent. Red. 79i4 9 3 per Cent. Conn. • • • 79/14 3i per Cent. 11644 Ditto Red. 4 per t ent. New 4 per Cent. Scrip 0;101 1 pm. Bank LongOnn. l9 4.16 India Stock 4 23 2293 Ditto Bond,' ..i... .J 4.4 6 pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian ads, per cent.... Brazilian Bds Buenos Ayres lids Claim WIN I; per, et Colombian Bds Do. 1024 4114 211 204 Danish, 3 p. et. .... .554 6 .51 (leech Bds Do. 1826 Oustimala — 31eXICA11 Bdc. s4i Do. 1826 ... 624 3 2i 41 3 PRICES OP SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. . 4'el Sluice. Brazilian Mining'Conipany General Mining Association Pasco Peruvian 2ilining Company Royal Irish Mining Company New IThited Alexican Illining Company , l 4i 15 Alliance Fire and Life Assurance Company Alliance Marine Assurance Company • 3/ PRICE OP IRISH STOCKS, APRIL 17. 'hulk Stock ' 238 City Dab: 4 per cLmt. 931 Gov. Orli. 3i per cent. 08i SIO Mining . Company — 4 per cent. New do. ...94f ii St. Patrick Insurance...2A dis. Goy. Stock, 3 ; per ct. O6A Royal Irish Ditto --Ail die. Consols 3 percent. Royal Canal Stock 26j Hibernian Bank (.rand Canal Stock 'IA Fish Shares Ditto Loan, 4 per cent.... Patriotic ditto Ditto Ditto, 6 per Cent.... 62 Royal Irish Alining par. A dis. FOR lON MAILS. \it It vir,l). Ouernsey and Jersey Gottenburgli gambit rgli France Duz. U I I U HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 1,1 minutes after 1. 1 Evening, 3 minutes atter 1. • , n/dr.. '444 14k:11, ezbt LONI)0N, rzr • A r vl .V.Go .4PIIIL 30. 102 6. ,c • We received this morning' the Dale of yesterday, by r expreis., It contains ndthing new respecting the situation of affairs at Missolonhi, though Greece is, said to be in a forlorn state. It appears by advices from Madrid, dated April the 12th, that t dis turbance-took place in that capital among the popu= lace, in consequence of the price of provisions having been raised at the gates of the city, but tranquillity was soon restored. The following is an extract :- ( From the Etoile dated yesterday.) MADRID, APRIL 12. On the 9th, the increase of duties upon provisions exposed to sale at the gates of Madrid, such as wine and other articles of ne amity, had excited great fermentation among the populace, tumul tuous groups of whom assembled at Puerto del Sol, Plaza Mayor, and other places, where they :.nnounced their intention to reassemble in considerable force to-morrow morning at. the gates of the city, to oppose the enforcement of these new duties. During a part of the following night the troops remained under arms, while patrols !scoured the city and all the roads leading to it, About three o'clock in the morning one of the patrols fell in, near one of the gates, with a body of the multitude, armed with clubs, stakes, and such other instruments. On seeing an armed force, this snob, being few in number, dispersed without resistance.— The most alarming reports of this affair were cis culated the next In the course of the evening, liowever, as these reports re ceived no confirmation, the minds of the public began to be at ease ; when an unexpected incident excited the utmost vigilance of the public authorities. About eleven o'clock, five volunteer Royalists proceeded from a house not far from the church of St. Francois, situate in one of the districts that is inhabited by"the populace.. A cracker flashed by their side, they immediately exclaimed, that it was the report of a pistol, and that it proceeded from those soldiers, and they spread the alarm all round, when more than 10 armed volunteers rode up and threatened to take them to the prison designed for negroes, and have them tried. A picquet of the Regiment of Lancers belonging to Queen Amelia, quartered in that neighbour hood, coming up to disperse the rioters, it was immediately repulsed, as was also a second picquet, though more numerous than the former. The centre regiment then took arms, and seized the :avenues leading to the street where thoss occurrences took place. M. %limns, Colonel of the Volunteers, shortly after presentei himself, and endeavoured to appease the soldiers, but in spite of his popularity, his voice was not attended to. Despairing of leading • them away by mild 'terms, he himself corn:- mended the Lancers to charge them. In the mean time the Captain-Gerieral of the province and the Governor of the place being informed of these occurrences iirr:ved. At length the Vo lunteers determined to separate, and tranquillity was restored in Madrid. Fug N cit FoN4s, Arita. 18.--Five x i;._l 9(3f; lolt 6s e :. 34 r. 90c.—Bank de The French Papers of Monday end Tuesday were received in town last night by el . press. They do not cot- taro any news. Of importance. It is admitted, ithtztritlap4, peared byletterareceived from Corfu, dated 26thilliateln that Missolcmghi at that time held out; and. that the re port of the return of the Greek Fleet from Hydra had not been confirmed. A letter from Madrid, dated the 6th inst., states that a new convention has been con eludey d betvieen the. French and Spanish Governments, in which it is stipulated that the military occupations of Spain is to continue till 1829. This report bears the • stamp of improbability upon it, and the•Etrille declares it to be wholly unfounded. Extracts from the Papers are given in another column. Mr. CRESSET PELHAM brougl4 forward last even ''t .110' ing, in the House .of Covirnotis, the,mption of which he had given notice, " That it is expedient, the Impe " rial Parliament of England :11(411(1 be occasionally, holden in the Capitals other than London." But the unfortunate Gentleman not having been able to persuade any Member to second the motion, it of course fell to the ground. It could hardly indeed have been expected that another man in the House would advocate a scheme so entirely inapplicable to the present state of. things, and so alisol9telyimposilkw be carried into effeet,_ as ,that of ,lie} ding. ; in Edinburgh,or Dublin. In such a case it would ha necessary to:provide in those. Cities, accommodation, not oily for the King and his Ministers, ,but also for all the persons belonging_ ,to _tic, great Departments of State. It is useless, however, to offer ,remarks upon a subject on which we -should have thought that all men in their senses were ogrq4 • : . We received a Hamburgh Mail this morning, but its contents possess little intere: , t. It appears, by in formation.from St. Petersburgh, that the coronatio n of the Emperor NICHOLAS is .deferred till the i t h of July, when his AIAJEsTy will enter his 31st year 7 On the 21st of February a smart shock of an earth quake was ,fekt, at Torneo,.accompanied with a stormy but no damage was sustained. The following aro extracts Sr. PETERSBURGH, ArAIL I. On the 7th July next; when his Majesty enters on his Slat year,. the coronation will take Place in Moscow. The divisions of the regiments 6f the Guards and other troops; which are to be at Moscow &ring the coronation, will inarch from this city at'the cud of this month. The delicate constitution of her Majesty the Empress Elizabeth cannot bear the damp sea air of Taganrog, and the fogs that fill the atmosphere in the aut'imn and the spring; and she will there fore soon leave that place. Her Majesty would have left it on the. 26th of lait month, had not her physician, Dr. Von Stoffregen. hem seized with indisposition. Her Majesty will, for a time, ro aide in the town of Kaluga. It' is said that the Empress Maria will go to the same place, and then go with the Empress, her to the . coronation' at Moscow. Thepiplomatie Body; last week gave a new proof of their pro futiareapeci for the hid Emperor, all the members of it having assembled riiithi j i§d,:in the Cathedral' where his remains lay in . .. • state, to pai- their lilt tribute of regard. Consiactible reductions in our army are ken of, which stand even to the regiments of the Guards: Pc: ' l Yeaterd44eing th 4 anniversary of the entrance of the Allied r.; . troops into'Paris; his MijeSty the Emperor.riviewed the g uards, and other regirnents 'Of the garrison, in the Stitiare o pposite the Winter.Pakce. • There were nearly 40,000 then, and the whole Made a magnificent appearance, which was heightened by the fine spring. weather. On the evening of the preceding day, according to the will afthe lite Emperor, each of the soldiers '*ht) weary sent at the' entrance . into Paris, received a silver medal with a por trait of his late Majesty fastened to a ribbon of the colours of those ofSt. Andrew and St.. George. Last SundaY, the 26th, a funeral service in memory of our late Sovereign was performed in all the 'PrOtestant Churches in this city. The texts of the sermons preachell on the occasion were chosen by the superior Ecclesiastical Authority. On the 21st of February, at nine in the evening, there was a . very smart shock of an earthquake at Tornea and the neighbour hood. It continued a minute,' and the direction was from north to•south. At the beginning it was accompanied by a low and hollow sound, whiCh - Was succeeded by a loud rumbling. The 'aky_was Serene and calm; hilt the day before there was a violet' : storm from the south, which continued for 24 hours. An Ordinance has been issued that every contract for sale, in 3(ic in the, western provinces in the Polish laKnage, must, whenP.,re tented to be confirmed by the Tribuna!s, be accompanied Russian. WAnsAw, APaf • , Last week a deputation went' from this city to St. Petersburg: P to convey to his Majesty the Emperor Vitholas I. the hoinag e ,, a , ll he the congratulations of the dish nation, on his accessign• - Deputation consists of Prince Lube,ki, :NE nister of Finance, ,' mouski, Bishop of Ploeke, Count 'Joseph grasrieki, mater ado Chamberlain to the Emperor, and Xll. John.Cutraiezow, Depu t y ' d Warsaw. KtscitEmaw, illAncy 14. The trade of Bessarabia greatly iucroused last year: 14 7 °MP ' Arrived in the port of Ishoutel .Ih,ne, and as many Sailed, fur tilt Most part with carpes of wheat, t. Dow, and hides. The etcpor t o amounted to 3,677,332 rubles—the import* to 1,791,956 rubles. M. Scheffer obtained from the late Emperor per mission 0, build a wooden bridge over the Dniester at Barden, at his 0 0 " expence, but with the right to levy a toll for 20 years. He I°4 now commenced the building of this first bridge over that rivet ,. ' SiocKtroLit, AVAIL ;t It is now said positiiely, that the Duke of Wellington will v'''e Stockholm on his return from St. PetasburA to London. Seal persons even say, th a t he 'i s t o repront the person of a mat , sovereign at the b a pti sm . o f a n au gust infant, whose bi r th .is tu` subject of general and joyful ex;): Lowr:a ELnr, Aram 1 3, The Duke of Brunswick ?,:turned to his capital. xxcHANcEs ON LONDON. HAMBURCM, APRIL 14.-4;7. ; two months, 86. PETERS/U.IBGB, I+.l.ln.qt :31.-9. 1-16. LRIPSIG, APRIL lo.—Three months, 6. 20. APRIL 11.—Three months, 7. 14. VIENNA, APRIL 5..--A'wo months, 10. 12. . Harnburgh Papers, April 14.) We observed another of those attempts to assail ° l.l; ‘ .1" reavous - e.,onstitution made in the House 'of Commol's on Monday evening, which have too often cinawd ea from the same quarter. We mean a petition presoted and commented upon by Mr. HOME , fbr ab olishing all prosecuti ons f or blasphemv, 80. and allowing uni versal freedom of discussion. Some excellent reinark s were elicited from Mr. Secretary PEEL on the subj eit of Carlile's imprisonment ; but the best and mostar